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The Overwatch Leagues founding commissioner, Nate Nanzer, announced on Friday night that he is leaving one of the most-hyped pro esports leagues in the world. The news was first broken by ESPN, which reported that Nanzer is joining Epic Games to work on compe… [+1175 chars]

The Toronto Raptors are one win away from advancing to their first NBA Finals in franchise history.
What do Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks need to do to force a Game 7 and potentially advance to the next round? What's the key for Toronto in Sa… [+10933 chars]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) San Francisco's police chief apologized on Friday for raiding a freelance journalist's home and office to find out who leaked a police report into the unexpected death of the city's former public defender.
Chief William Scott told the San … [+2375 chars]

(CNN)A Maui woman who went missing more than two weeks ago in Hawaii after a hike has been found alive.
Amanda Eller, 35, vanished after she got injured and lost during the hike on Maui, according to a post on a Facebook page dedicated to finding her. She wa… [+1518 chars]

"Jeopardy!" contestant James Holzhauer has marked another major milestone on the game show.
The 34-year-old won Friday’s episode of “Jeopardy!” with a total of $74,400, making it his 27th straight win. Holzhauer's total winnings have now accumulated to $2,06… [+1411 chars]

Media captionMatt Hancock said he would be "brutally honest" on Brexit
Conservative leadership contenders have clashed over Brexit as the race to succeed Theresa May in No 10 begins.
Rory Stewart said he would not serve under rival Boris Johnson because of… [+5748 chars]

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Tokyo on Saturday for a ceremonial state visit during which they will be treated to an imperial banquet and a sumo match, where the winner will receive the first-ever Trump Cup. Japanese Prime Min… [+633 chars]

They have tried to deliver a Leave project with a Remainer. It has not gone well at all, Mr. Goodwin said. I dont think the Conservative Party Parliamentary party or membership will make that mistake again.
Many are also looking for a campaigner to lead them… [+716 chars]

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "Iranian malign activity" required the "immediate sale" of weapons
US President Donald Trump is approving the sale of billions of dollars' worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, citing… [+4103 chars]

It's been a whirlwind week in Canaan, N.H., with television cameras descending on the town of fewer than 4,000 after news of a cafeteria worker being fired for giving a student a free meal garnered national media attention.
Bonnie Kimball claimed that she ha… [+4152 chars]

SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump from building key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, delivering what may prove a temporary setback on one of his highest prioriti… [+5462 chars]

(CNN)The discount supermarket chain Aldi recalled 5-lb. bags of its Baker's Corner All-Purpose Flour on Thursday because they may be contaminated with E. coli.
Seventeen people have been reported being sick in eight states, according to the Centers for Disea… [+683 chars]

After years of controversy and deserved criticism, Apple earlier this week introduced a refreshed MacBook Pro with a slightly tweaked design that, we can only hope, will address longstanding complaints about the butterfly-switch keyboard originally introduced… [+1954 chars]

The intelligence agencies already have a degree of unease over the Justice Departments ability to keep the identity of sources secret. The name of the F.B.I. informant involved in the initial investigation of the Trump campaigns contacts with Russia was inadv… [+1912 chars]

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The Spice Girls, as a five-piece, closed the London Olympics in 2012
"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, make it last forever, friendship never ends".
It is a lyric that many who grew up in th… [+7274 chars]

Two more climbers died Friday on Mount Everest, becoming the eighth and ninth people to die there since last week. That's more than all of last year.
The deaths come amid massive crowding near the summit of the world's highest peak.
It's a human traffic jam… [+1412 chars]

NEW YORK Two weeks before the Womens World Cup begins in France, the U.S. womens national soccer team is here on several missions.
There is the matter of the send-off match against Mexico on Sunday at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. Tactics must be polished… [+5097 chars]